Xiao Yu is not interested in becoming Beckham at all, he is more interested in silently promoting the development of the new Manchester United behind the scenes, that feeling is like a father watching his son, from birth to learning to walk, to school, and then to enter the society, marry a wife and have children, and achieve world-renowned achievements, that sense of achievement is fantastic!

Since there was still something to do, Xiao Yu drove away from Waterside Street early.

The convenience of having a car was completely reflected at this time, Xiao Yu didn't need to wait for Jim's taxi, nor did he need to take the bus, and returned to the Newton Heath training base after ten minutes.

"Mr. Xiao Yu, Mr. David Pace is here!" As soon as I walked into the office, a female front desk clerk immediately walked up and said.

"Where?" Xiao Yu had already made an appointment with him.

"I saw him go out, he was supposed to go to the training ground." The female clerk pointed out.

Xiao Yu nodded and walked directly out of the office near the entrance of the training base.

It's a two-storey building, and the first building at the entrance to the training base is where the club's administrative offices are located, while the offices of Bruce and the coaching staff are housed in the training building.

When he came out of the office building, he was greeted by the training ground in the distance, where Walsh and David Pace were browsing the training scenes of the players on the training ground, and Bruce, who knew him well, saw him and leaned over to talk over the barbed wire.

"Hey, David!" Xiao Yu jogged all the way over, and also greeted Walsh and Bruce.

"Xiao Yu!" David Pace greeted him with a smile, "You are really enviable here, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that you were crammed into the same stadium with us last year, but this year you are already the top team in the national league!" ”

"David, don't say that, Droysden is also very strong, and I heard that there is a good chance of promotion this year."

David Pace shook his head, "Always on the doorstep, frankly, do you have any experience, you might as well pass it on to me!" ”

Xiao Yu laughed when he heard this, and grabbed David Pace's shoulders hard, Xiao Yu has always had a very respectful attitude towards this friend who helped him when he was most poor, in fact, he is also a very good person.

"Frankly speaking, David, playing football now, it is more about money, professional football is originally a game of burning money, but you taught me, David!"

David Pace smiled wryly, what Xiao Yu said was indeed right, he just didn't have that much capital to play professional football, so Droisden was always like this.

"Come on, David, I'll talk to you about a profitable business!" Xiao Yu smiled and pulled David Pace into his office.

After the guests sat down, Xiao Yu specially brewed a pot of fragrant tea bought from Chinatown to entertain David Pace, which is a treatment that only good friends have, and it is not okay to change it to someone else.

"You should know Umbro, right?" Xiao Yu asked while making tea.

David Pace nodded, "Of course, that's the biggest sports brand in the UK!" ”

"But it's been in bad shape lately!" Xiao Yu smiled and handed over a cup of tea.

"In recent years, Nike and Adidas have developed very rapidly, and Umbro's market has been continuously squeezed, especially after CEO Peter Kenyon went to Manchester United, Umbro's performance has plummeted."

David Pace was still confused, not knowing what Xiao Yu meant by telling him.

"I want to buy Umbro, David!"

was a little surprised, but David Pace was still very confused and didn't know what Xiao Yu meant by this.

With Xiao Yu's current financial resources, it is not difficult to acquire Umbro, no wonder is, why did Xiao Yu tell him this?

"Are you interested?" Xiao Yu asked suddenly.

"Me?" David Pace was a little surprised.

"That's right, I know that the clothing business is not good recently, the world is very bad, the bubble of Internet technology stocks in the United States has burst, causing many Internet companies to go bankrupt, and a large part of your clothing business is sold online, which makes your company in trouble, I think at this time, you should change careers, David!"

"Invest in Umbro with you?"

"It's just my proposal, you know, I'm never a sure fight, I have a very detailed development plan for Umbro, but I'm busy with other things, so I want to be able to find a partner who can trust each other, are you interested?"

Since being with Eva Snow, Xiao Yu has changed a lot in his future, especially what Eva said, that is, from now on, the two of them must be responsible for their future and future life.

This gave Xiao Yu the motivation to start a business.

Besides, if the new Manchester United wants to develop in the future, it will definitely have more funds, although Xiao Yu has a complete set of plans for this, but if he can get more funds as a backing, Xiao Yu will be more assured.

"But I ...... I don't have a lot of money at the moment. David Pace was a little embarrassed.

Xiao Yu smiled, "I can lend it to you, David, if you trust me!" ”

"What can I not trust you, but it's certainly not a small amount, is it?"

"Of course, but you should also know that Umbro's influence in the UK and the Nordics, and its authority in the field of professional football equipment, are Umbro's most valuable assets, and they will also bring wealth to us as investors."

David Pace smiled, until now he didn't quite understand why Xiao Yu would take the initiative to find him, with Xiao Yu's current financial resources, he could swallow Est Treasure, and he didn't need to help him at all.

As said earlier, Xiao Yu has a very good advantage that he pays attention to details, and he knows how to read words and feelings, so when David Pace showed doubts, Xiao Yu already saw it in his heart.

"I know your doubts, David, in fact, you don't have to worry about me taking advantage of you at all, but you should know very well that doing business is originally about taking advantage of the relationship of being used, although I have to admit that you are a friend that I value very much, and at the same time it is very worthy of deep friendship, but we are talking about a business!"

After being broken by Xiao Yu, David Pace relaxed and asked with a smile: "In this case, you should tell me, why did you ask me to cooperate?" ”

"You've been in the clothing business, which has to do with the business strategy I have developed for Umbro, and you're British through and through, and you're familiar with the business environment in the UK and the Nordics, and I've always been in the US, so I don't know much about the UK business environment, so I need a trusted partner!"

Xiao Yu's explanation is reasonable, and David Pace can't find any fault, besides, he knows Xiao Yu and knows that Xiao Yu is not the kind of person who will betray his friends, so he let down his guard.

"Can you give me a moment to think about it?" David Pace thought for a moment and asked.

"Of course," Xiao Yu replied with a smile, but raised his index finger, "but I can only give you a week, you know, in business negotiations, time is very important, so I can't wait too long for you." ”

If David Pace doesn't plan to participate in this investment, Xiao Yu will go to someone else, with his current influence and strength, there are many people who want to cooperate with him, if it is not for the friendship with David Pace this time, purely from his own strength, David Pace has no conditions to cooperate with Xiao Yu.

David Pace knew this very well, so he was very grateful to Xiao Yu.

"By the way, Xiao Yu, this time, in addition to talking about cooperation, I also want to discuss something with you!"

"You say!" Xiao Yu smiled happily.

David Pace pointed to the training ground outside, where the first team was training under Bruce, and even the players who didn't normally play were training very hard.

'I know that if the new Manchester United are promoted to the League three this year, players such as Darren Lyons, Karl Maternson, Jonathan Madten and I hope to have them move to De Roysden.

Jonathan Maiten, although he was the top scorer of the new Manchester United last year, has not been able to play this year, and Darren Lyons is older after all, and Marginson has frequent injuries and is still recuperating from injuries.

However, this group of new Manchester United [abandoned players] is a treasure for Droisden, because they are all very strong players, but the current strength of the new Manchester United team is too strong, so this causes them to have no ball to play.

"You've been in contact with the players?" Xiao Yu looked at David Pace with some suspicion.

The latter intuitively felt that Xiao Yu's eyes were chilling, and immediately shook his head desperately, "No, no, Xiao Yu, without your consent, I will not contact your players privately, and I don't want to affect our friendship because of a player." ”

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, what he didn't like the most was for others to hide from him and contact his players in private.

"Darren Lyons and Carl Maternson can't be guaranteed at the moment, but Jonathan Madten, Danny Collins, Roy Williams, Rich Willens, etc., I won't stop them from moving, but whether you can attract them to Droysden is up to you, David!"

Both Lyons and Marginson are currently considering the club's proposal to stay with the club as a coach next year, with the club arranging for them to train at the same time.

As for the other players, if the new United do get promoted to League 3, they should really be let go, after all, keeping them doesn't help the team and hinders their future, so letting them leave on a free transfer is the best of both worlds.

After getting Xiao Yu's promise, David Pace smiled from ear to ear and kept thanking Xiao Yu, for Droisden, if they can really take these powerful players under their command, this will be more certain for their goal of impacting the national league.

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